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Agjakala

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Agjakala in Turkey
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Agjakala ranks #5,866 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 128 mapped in Turkey. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,194 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Turkey compares in the castle statistics.

Agjakala is a castle remaining from the Georgians from the Middle Ages, in the historical region of Tao, in what is today the village of Dikyar in the Uzundere district of Erzurum Province. Because of the old name of the village of Dikyar it is called Üngüzek Castle or Engüzek Castle. In medieval written sources it appears as Ağca Kala. It is also known as Engüzekkapı Castle.

Machine-translated from “Engüzek Kalesi” on the Turkish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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